Electric-drop-light bracket.



PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

C. E. ZEISINGBR.

ELECTRIC DROP LIGHT BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.13, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 9, 1905.

CARL E. ZEISINGER, OF DURAND, WISCONSIN.

ELECTRlC-DROP-LIGHT BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,519, dated May 9, 1905.

' Application filed August 13,1904. Serial No. 220,646.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL E. ZEISINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Durand, in the county of Pepin and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Drop Light Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in electric-drop-light brackets; and the object of my improvements is to provide a portable and inexpensive attachment for the wire of a drop-light, which may be hooked over the top of a dresser, bedstead, chair, or other device, so as to hold the light in the desired position.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view in elevation of my improved bracket engaging an electric-drop-light wire and supported by a section of the top of a dresser. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of two insulators forming a part of my invention, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bracket.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a represents a strip of sheet metal, preferably spring-steel, having one end bent upon itself to form a book (0, adapted to engage the head of a dresser or other object, as b, the opposite end of the strip being split to form two clasps which are preferably bentin the manner shown to form the horizontal curved jaws a adapted to grasp and hold the two semicylindrical insulator-sections 0. Each of these sections is provided with an external semi-annular rib c to prevent their dropping through the clasp and have in their flat faces the longitudinal grooves 0 forming an opening between the insulator-sections to receive the electric-droplight wire (Z. Formed in one edge of the bracket are two notches (0 through which the drop-light wire may be passed to prevent the latter from slipping through the insulater and to take up any slack due to the wire being longer than necessary. In the hooked portion a of the device a keyhole-slot a is is formed, which facilitates hanging same on a nail or screw instead of booking it over an object, as I).

It will be noted that the extreme ends of the clasp are bent inwardly, thus facilitating the gripping of the insulator-sections and insuring a better hold on the wire. It will also be apparent that the frictional engagement between the wire and insulator-sections will be suflicient to permit the sliding of the wire, but at the same time hold the electric-light bulb in any desired adjustment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An electric-cord holder consisting of a single piece of metal cut and bent to form a hook and oppositely opposed horizontal spring-arms, and means clasped by said arms adapted to frictionally engage an electric cord.

2. A cord-holder consisting ofasingle piece of metal cut and bent to form a hook and oppositely-opposed horizontal semicylindrical arms, also having openings therein, and means clasped by said arms adapted to frictionally engage and be slidable on an electric cord.

3. In a device of the character described, a bracket having a slotted and notched hook, and a spring-clasp, insulator-sections adapted to be grasped by said clasp and having a cordpassage therethrough, and means on said sections and clasp to hold the sections against slipping, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARL E. ZEISINGER.

Vitnesses:

LEROY A. Goonmoi-r, WM. E. BURTON. 

